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11…Tightening Our Belts

Good morning! Are you the type of person that can laugh at yourself? I am and I not only provided laughter for myself but gave my friends last week quite a chuckle, too. OK, so when you fly fish, you wear waders to keep you dry as you stand in waist or chest deep water to fish. Sometimes it is difficult to change positions in moving water. The last day of fishing, I was standing in waist high water when I needed to take a step backwards. When I did, I fell in a hole causing water to rush inside my waders. Oh boy, that’ll get your attention in a hurry! Did I mention that this water is extremely cold??!! Until that happened, I did not know the purpose of the belt I was wearing. You wear a safety belt so if you would accidentally get any water inside your waders, you can still get out of the water safely because they won’t fill up completely with water. But the belt needed to be pulled much tighter than I had it pulled to work correctly. My friends tried not to laugh but it was pretty funny watching me pour water out of my waders, wring the water out of my socks … you get the picture. Later, I was comforted by the fact that if you’ve been trout fishing very long, you’ll know that this happens to the best of them.

Having equipment but not using it correctly doesn’t help you. Having a Bible prominently displayed in your home but never opening it won’t help you either. God’s word brings life to our soul. It’s a love story like no other. It’s also our guide for life. God’s word helps us learn how to live a life pleasing to Him. Psalm 119:105 says, “Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.” So, my prayer for us today, is that we’d stay safe as we encounter the pitfalls in life by tightening our belts through God’s word.